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China Wants to Send Thousands of Satellites to Space—and Challenge SpaceX’s Dominance
China filed to operate two constellations totaling nearly 200,000 satellites, aiming to expand its presence and challenge SpaceX's current space dominance.
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China has just submitted a request to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to deploy in orbit a giant constellation of up to 200,000 satellites. While the country's authorities have recently raised concerns about the orbital congestion caused by SpaceX's Starlink network, they are now surpassing the American aerospace giant in ambitions and could, if the project materialize, hold the largest satellite network ever built. The orbital c…
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